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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Crassulacean acid metabolism: recent advances and future opportunities

John C. Cushman
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A Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557-0014, USA. Email: jcushman@unr.edu

B This paper originates from the IVth International Congress on Crassulacean Acid Metabolism, Tahoe City, California, USA, July–August 2004

Functional Plant Biology 32(5) 375-380 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP05111
Submitted: 12 May 2005  Accepted: 13 May 2005   Published: 27 May 2005


Acknowledgments

The International Society of Crassulacean acid metabolism (ISCAM) would like to dedicate this special issue to Prof. Dr Manfred Kluge and to Prof. Dr Ulrich Lüttge for their pioneering research contributions on CAM at Darmstadt University of Technology on the occasions of their retirements in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and to the late Rafael Ratajczak, in the memory of his outstanding commitment to CAM research. The chair of the CAM–2004 organising committee, John C. Cushman, would like to thank the members of the organising committee (Anne Borland, Howard Griffiths, James Hartwell, Joe Holtum, Kate Maxwell, J. Andrew Smith, and Klaus Winter) for all of their helpful suggestions and advice and willingness to chair sessions, Robert Moore for putting together the official ISCAM website (http://www.ag.unr.edu/cam/about.htm) and design of the ISCAM logo, Bob Conrad for design and production of the conference poster, Paula Frybarger for administrative and editorial assistance, Christine Funicella and Stephanie Hoffman (Granlibakken Resort and Conference Center (www.granlibakken.com) for on-site conference planning and execution, Tom and Kitty Spreeman and Michael Ganschow-Green [Sierra Ad Promotions (www.sierraadpromotions.com)] for production of meeting bags and T-shirts, and Mary Ann Cushman for design of the official ISCAM T-shirt. John Cushman gratefully acknowledges support from the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources, the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (UNR), CSIRO Publishing, National Science Foundation (IBN-0196070 and DBI-9813360) and the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station. This article is published as publication No. 03055525 of the University of Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station.


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